The competition is focused around championing individuals with disabilities in the hospitality industry and will be held at the Glasgow Cut Hotel on September 10th.
The Culinary Ability Awards has joined the Zero Barriers Project, uniting six European organisations under the banner of the EU’s Lifelong Learning Programme, and will deliver two completely free workshops during the day aimed at eliminating language barriers in kitchens.
Founder and chef, Chris Sandford, said: “With kitchen brigades becoming increasingly more international in flavour, the workshops, aimed at university and college students as well as employers, will look to introduce the idea of using 250 different signs to aid slicker communication – once you understand these, you can communicate with anyone. Crucially, the training can be delivered by deaf or hard of hearing teachers who rely upon sign language daily – it’s extremely empowering.”
Since 2005, the competition has helped thousands of people with disabilities globally, to work in the catering industry.